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Six-film Star Wars saga seeing April 10 digital online release
As anticipation builds for the December release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first new film in the Star Wars Saga in a decade, The Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox today announced the upcoming release of The Star Wars Digital Movie Collection. For the first time ever, all six films in the Saga will be available on Digital HD globally beginning Friday, April 10.
"We're thrilled that fans will be able to enjoy the Star Wars Saga on their digital devices wherever they go," commented Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. "These films broke new ground in technology, design, sound, and visual effects, and we've created some very special bonus material which delves into the Saga's rich history, including new and never-before-released conversations between legendary Star Wars artists – the masters who helped George bring his iconic universe to life."
Enhancing the movie collection are a host of never-before-seen special features. The features only seen in part before include Star Wars: Discoveries from Inside and conversations between key contributors from across this film franchise, plus a curated collection of classic Star Wars extras from each film.
These are not the rumored untouched original versions, and are similar to the BluRay versions. What changes, if any, have again been made is not yet known. Each movie will sell for $20 on iTunes, but Disney warns that prices and extras may vary per digital retailer. Rentals will not be allowed.
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It's too bad they aren't releasing the Despecialized editions. I'm reasonably sure that's what the majority of fans want (or, at least, it's what every single Star Wars fan I know wants. While obviously that's not really enough of a sample-size to claim that a true majority of fans want it, that combined with interest across the internet shows that it's definitely something worth releasing.)
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